Step Brothers has no real plot, and it beats a one-joke premise to death. Normally, this would be the start of a negative review, but that one joke is funny and works as a fairly good setup for the comedic duo of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. The Talladega Nights actors (along with that films director, Adam McKay) return for their latest exercise in silliness, and while the results arent as consistent as they were in Talladega, theyre still funny. I probably laughed hard a good 15 times, and for that, I recommend it, but its not what I would expect from McKay and Ferrell. The movie is at its best when the two stepbrothers are fighting. A scene involving Reilly being buried alive had me in stitches. Hopefully, this isnt the last time Ferrell and Reilly team up; they just need slightly meatier scripts in the future.
ByBob Grimm